By Rosemary Sobol From Chicago Tribune CHICAGO—A 14-year-old boy was fatally shot Thursday afternoon on Chicago’s West Side as his family was trying to move from the area, Chicago police said. Witnesses told police that family members were helping the eighth-grade boy and his mother move from their Lawndale apartment to a western suburb to escape an ongoing conflict between the boy and some people who lived in the area, according to a police report citing preliminary information. About 1:45 p.m., officers responded to an alert from ShotSpotter, the city’s gunshot detection system, of 10 rounds in the 1100 block of South Karlov Avenue, according to the police report. The officers were flagged down by a male who directed them to the back porch of an apartment building and officers found the boy lying facedown on the stairs. The boy had multiple gunshot wounds to his head, body and legs, …
Boy, 14, Fatally Shot in Chicago as Family Was Moving From Neighborhood to Escape Conflict, Police Say
June 11, 2021
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